Bengaluru: Karnataka’s proposed Misinformation Regulation Bill is intended as a framework to combat the “growing digital misinformation” and “malicious fake news” circulating online, state IT minister Priyank Kharge said on Friday. The minister stressed that the draft legislation is not aimed at criminalising free speech or penalising citizens, but at curbing false and harmful content

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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan has dismissed claims that Governor R. N. Ravi caused delays in giving assent to Bills passed by the State Assembly, stating that 81 per cent of the Bills received up to October 31, 2025, have already been assented to. The statement comes in response to what the Raj Bhavan

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Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has affirmed the conviction and life imprisonment of three individuals in a 1999 murder case, ruling that the non-recovery of the murder weapon does not render the prosecution’s case unreliable. The judgment underscores that the absence of the offending firearm cannot undermine the evidence presented at trial, particularly when the

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Bamako: Five Indian nationals working in Mali have reportedly been kidnapped by armed gunmen amid a worsening security situation in the West African country. The abducted individuals were employed by a company involved in electrification projects and were seized near the town of Kobri, according to security sources cited by AFP. A company representative confirmed

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Jodhpur: Indian Railways is set to commission the country’s first dedicated Vande Bharat sleeper coach maintenance facility by mid-2026, a move aimed at enhancing the safety, reliability, and performance of the semi-high-speed trains that have transformed intercity travel in India. Located at Bhagat Ki Kothi Railway station in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, the state-of-the-art facility is being

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Jaipur: The death of a nine-year-old girl, who fell from the fourth floor of her private school building on November 1, has sparked outrage and renewed scrutiny of bullying and child safety protocols in schools. According to her parents, the child had repeatedly complained about being bullied by classmates, but their concerns were reportedly ignored

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Raipur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out extensive searches at 12 locations across Dantewada and Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Friday, in connection with the 2023 Aranpur improvised explosive device (IED) blast and ambush attack. The raids targeted the residences and premises of individuals suspected to have links with the banned CPI

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In a swift law enforcement action near the interstate border of Haryana and Rajasthan, a wanted cow smuggler was injured during a police encounter in Mathura on Saturday morning. The accused, identified as Siraj Jabbar Khan Ali Meo, a resident of Bahin Palwal, has been on the police radar since 2016 and carried a reward

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Bihar, long regarded as the heartland of backward caste politics, is witnessing an unexpected twist in the ongoing 2025 assembly elections. For over three decades, the state’s political landscape has been dominated by Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), together accounting for more than 60% of Bihar’s population. This demographic reality has

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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday launched a pointed attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will boycott the upcoming G20 Summit in South Africa. In a post on X, Ramesh remarked that with Trump officially withdrawing from the summit, “the self-styled Vishwaguru will himself attend

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